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Coca-Cola is supporting recycling in Chicago with the purchase of 50,000 recycling carts for the city. "We see this as an incredible way to be able to give back to Chicago, give back to the United States, and to be able to keep our pledge, which is to be sure that every bottle, plastic bottle, can in which our products are packaged and sold will find its way back into a recycling bin," said Coca-Cola marketing executive Sonya Soutus.

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Coca-Cola and Piggly Wiggly are partnering to introduce Coca-Cola's Recycle and Win program in Columbus, Ga. Coca-Cola and Coca-Cola Bottling have invested more than $150,000 in the sustainability initiative to promote recycling that includes a direct mail educational packet. The packet highlights what items are recyclable and includes a Give Back sticker to place on recycling containers that give residents a chance to win one of 260 $50 Piggly Wiggly gift cards.

The Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries has recognized Coca-Cola's PlantBottle with its Design for Recycling award. The bottle, with at least 30% of its resin derived from plant-based sources, is fully recyclable with current infrastructure, said a Coca-Cola official accepting the award.

The Coca-Cola Co. is partnering with Emeco to make chairs that will each contain at least 111 recycled plastic bottles. The 111 Navy Chair is modeled after one designed in 1944 for the U.S. Navy, and will be sold in several colors, with the Coca-Cola logo on the back of each one.

Coca-Cola Co. is developing a bottle made partly from sugarcane and molasses, which could reduce landfill time and make recycling less expensive and easier. The bottle, which might be tested with Dasani later this year, uses as much as 30% of the plant-based materials.

The Coca-Cola Co. is placing 25 "Give It Back" recycling bins at Fashion Week in New York and expects to collect 11,000 pounds of recyclable materials. The new recycling campaign aims "to inspire people to join us in our efforts to recycle and reuse all of our bottles and cans in the U.S.," a company official said.